Special features: No limits - the life of Katherine Johnson; Moving the decimal - honoring Katherine Johnson; filming in Georgia; gallery; audio commentary with Melfi & Henson in English, French or Spanish.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Personal Subject

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Johnson, Katherine, 1918--Drama.

Corporate Subject

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Drama.

Subject Term

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Women mathematicians -- United States -- Drama.

African American women -- Drama.

African American mathematicians -- Drama.

Space race -- Drama.

Genre

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Biographical films.

Historical films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Added Author

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Melfi, Theodore,

Schroeder, Allison,

Henson, Taraji P.

Spencer, Octavia

Monáe, Janelle

Costner, Kevin

Dunst, Kirsten, 1982-

Parsons, Jim, 1973-

Ali, Mahershala, 1974-

Hodge, Aldis

Powell, Glen, 1988-

Quinn, Kimberly,

Krupa, Olek,

Zimmer, Hans

Williams, Pharrell

Wallfisch, Benjamin,

Shetterly, Margot Lee Hidden figures.

Summary

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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.